Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has commended the German government over ongoing efforts to boost the operational capability of the Agency with a world-class narcotic detection dog training facility.
Gen. Marwa gave the commendation when Jan Ritterhoff, BKA liaison officer at the German embassy in Nigeria paid him a visit to discuss modalities for the project’s take off.
He expressed appreciation for past supports to the NDLEA
especially in the areas of training, supply of drugs detection dogs, and
vehicles, adding that the 2million euro dog training school being planned for
the agency will further boost NDLEA’s operations.
The NDLEA chairman said drug trafficking is a complex and
dynamic crime, which demands that the agency must always be a step ahead of
drug cartels. As such, he urged the German government to consider donating more
dogs to the agency to be able to cover more areas of responsibility.
Gen. Marwa said through the support of the Germans, a total
of over 26 major arrests and seizures of narcotic drugs including Cocaine,
Heroin, Methamphetamine, Ephedrine and Cannabis with a combined weight of over
17.932 metric tons, were made by with the assistance of the narcotic detection
dogs.
In his response, Ritterhoff commended Marwa for the great
transformation he has brought to NDLEA as well as the strings of achievements
especially in the areas of seizures and arrests within a very short time. He
also expressed appreciation to Marwa for granting speedy approval for the
project to commence.
He assured that the dog school project where more narcotic
detection dogs will be deployed and groomed will be completed in phases between
the next three to four years.